Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-17

The narrow margin by which the democrat!
won In 1884, the indications that the two grea
partl's are still pretty evenly matched In popula
strength, and the certainty that the labor ant
prohibition parties will have Presidential ticket:
in the field, make it quite possible that the Presi
dental election next year might fail before the
people. Then it would be thrown into the House
OF Representatives., where each State would cast q
vote, to be controlled by the majority Of the
state delegation. AS the delegations now
ton Of the HoSse anu the upon 1ne orgamlna
elect the President In the House, ana they
would also elect the Vice-President In the Senate
stitutiOn requires that from the persons having the
highest number OF electoral votes, not exceeding
three in the list OF those voted for President the
House shall choose Immediately by ballot II NO
changes shall occur meantime in the State dele.
cations, the republicans will control twenty votes
6y states as follows; California, Colorado Illinois
Michigan, Nebraska Nevada, New jersey, New York.
Ohio. Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island Vermont,
Virginia and Wisconsin. The democrats Will have
bama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota
lima, Tennessee. Texas, and West Virginia The
delegation from New Hampshire is a tie con sist-
Ing Of one republican and one democrat, therefore
that state would lose its vote In the House for a
For the election Of vlce-President, in the event
OF no choice by the people, the Senate is required
W OiOSs uOiH tWO Qt,SSULS ulSutSt Ou UQe llSC
shall consist Of two thirds or the whole number Of
Senator'S and majority OF the whole number
shall be necessary to a choice.
But, while the republicans have a majority OF
the State delegations in the House. the democrats
have majority OF the members Of that body, and
by the change OF two seats only they could trans
fer the power to choose a President to their own
side. The Indiana delegation consists OF seven
republicans and SIX democrats The seating Of
that delegation to the democrats, nor would It be
necessary to make up case to bring about that
result; as contest for seat awarded to repub-
seat In the Michigan delegation would transfer it
from the republican to the democratic side but 1t
to make that change The California Delegation.
in which there is contest, could be netralized BY
seating one democrat where a republican now
holds. 1t would require the actual transfer Of the
control OF two State delegations from the repubi-
cans to the democrats In order to give the latter
votes enough to elect president In the House,
ity in the House is mentioned as a means BY which
the result could be attained, 1t Is doubtful IT, in
these days OF reform and Independent political
sentiment any party would risk such high-handed
THE CALIFORNIA CONTEST.
From California two democrats are contestinp
the right Of two republican members to seats in
the house. For the right to represent the NTH
district, Mr.. Sullivan, who was the democratic
can opponent, who was awarded the certificate.
was not elected, but that he (sullivan) was. The
testimony taken by Mr. Sullivan In the
EFFORT to sustain his right to the seat Nils
two large printed volumes. From the sixth
turned as elected, his democratic Opponent Mr..
Lynch, OF Los Angeles democratic editor OF
prominence and influence, insists that he was
legally elected, and that he can demonstrate it to
the satisfaction OF the House. He has also taken
great deal Of testimony In behalf OF his claim
THE INDIANA CASE.
Judge Lowry, the democratic Renresentative
from the twelfth district of Indiana In the last
Congress, and who was the candidate of his party
at the election last year. contests the election of
Mr.. White who was awarded the seat. Judge
Lowry maintains that Mr.. White was not a citizen
under the requirements Of law. These are the
only pending contests that might be used so as to
change the vote OF the HOus. upon the Presidency
The seating OF Messrs sullivan and Lynch, OF Cali
fOrnia, and Judge Lowry, OF Indiana, In the place
or the republicans VINO were returned as elected
would give the democrats the delegations Of nine
teen STATES and leave the republicans with eight
their candidate for President elected